In force 21st July, 1837.
Commissioners appointed
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That Seth N. Montague of Shelby county, John Dickey of Macon county, and Oliver Barnett of McLean county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, mark, and locate a state
road from East Nelson, in Shelby county, to Leroy, in McLean county, via Murfreesboro’ and Marion, in Macon county.
Time & place of meeting
Shall mark road
Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at East Nelson on the first Monday in September next, or as soon thereafter as convenient, and after
being duly sworn before some justice of the peace,
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shall proceed forthwith to view, mark, and locate said road on the nearest and most
suitable route from point to point, taking into view its utility and permanency as
a public road. They shall mark said road by blazing the trees in the timber, and setting suitable
stakes in the prairie, and they shall also cause a survey and map or plat of said
road to be made, one copy of which shall be filed in the office of the county clerk
in each county through which said road passes. 2Compensation of commiss’rs.[commissioners]
Sec. 3. The county courts of the respective counties shall cause said roads to be opened and kept in repair
as other state roads; and shall pay said commissioners, together with such necessary
hands as they may employ, a reasonable compensation for their services, each county
paying its proportionate share, according to the time and labor necessary to locate
said road within their respective limits.
Approved, 21st July, 1837.3
1William G. Reddick introduced HB 7 in the House of Representatives on July 13, 1837. On July 14, the House referred the bill to a select committee.
The select committee reported back the bill on July 17 with an amendment, in which
the House concurred. The House passed the bill as amended, amending the title by
inserting the word “East” before the word “Nelson.” The Senate concurred on July 19. On July 21, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town
of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 16, 27, 63, 89-90, 126, 148, 163; Journal of the Senate of the Tenth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at a
Special Session, Begun and Held in Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 79, 89, 98, 117.
2On July 17, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the bill by inserting the word “East” before the word “Nelson” in sections one and two.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town
of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 90.
3On July 17, 1837, the House of Representatives amended the title of the bill by inserting the word “East” before the word “Nelson.”
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Tenth General Assembly of the State
of Illinois, at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town
of Vandalia, July 10, 1837 (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 90.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their Special Session (Vandalia, IL: William Walters, 1837), 68-69, GA Session: 10-S